What does racial reconciliation look like from a Biblical perspective? How can the church respond to this issue that seems to permeate every aspect of today’s society? “We can’t ignore what’s happening in our culture, and we’re going to have to talk about it in the church,” Cissie Graham Lynch said on this week’s episode of …
“This is the hour for the church to be strong, for the church to speak forth. Because the church knows that Christ is the way, the truth and the light, and the only hope lies in turning to Jesus Christ.” God is in control of every aspect of our life. Be encouraged by Billy …
In Billy Graham’s 1987 message from Columbia, South Carolina, he talked about the Christian’s response to issues of prejudice, poverty and sexual immorality.
Originally published June 19, 2020 on Focus on the Family’s The Daily Citizen. Over the last 20 years, Rev. Franklin Graham traveled each weekend to visit his father, famed evangelist Billy Graham, and his mother Ruth Bell Graham in the mountains of western North Carolina. The trips were filled with memories, prayer and conversations between father and …
Every summer, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association runs a series of spiritual growth articles called the Summer Soul Refresher. This year focuses on five aspects of intentional living. This is part 2. Read part 1 here. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. —1 John 4:11 (ESV) While creating community may look …
“Cast all your anxieties on him because he cares for you.” —1 Peter 5:7 With the new coronavirus causing millions to be confined to their homes, it’s quite possible that people are more alone now than ever before. Have you found yourself feeling trapped? Alone? Discouraged? Billy Graham once said, “Loneliness can be like an …
You’ve had a hard year. Maybe you’ve lost a loved one, experienced the end of a relationship, or have been overwhelmed by disappointments and suffering. The last thing you want to do is celebrate the holidays alone as depression creeps in. The longing to be with other people during the holidays is natural. God created …
“Love bears all things, believe all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” – 1 Corinthians 13:7 Perhaps you’re one of many who refers to 1 Corinthians 13 as the “love chapter.” It is certainly one of the most descriptive passages in the Bible on how to nurture our relationships with others and care for …
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” —Romans 5:8 Joan* couldn’t shake what she heard while watching Billy Graham’s funeral service this past March. Here she was, four years deep in an affair. She thought she was beyond forgiveness, and then she heard Billy Graham’s youngest …
The word “reconcile” means literally “bring into a changed relationship.” It means to bring together two parties who should have been together all along. The Bible speaks of the human race as enemies of God. You may say that you are no “enemy” of God, but according to Scripture we are either passive or active …
The problems of the world could be solved overnight if men could get victory over their tongues. Suppose there was no anger, no profanity, no lying, no grumbling or complaining; suppose there were no dirty stories told, no unjust criticism—what a different world this would be! The Bible teaches that a man who can control …
Feeling the Hurts of Others